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viscosity

[vi-skos-i-tee] / vɪˈskɒs ɪ ti /


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The goal is to find the perfect viscosity of chocolate on Magnum bars, for the perfect crunch.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Superfluids, such as liquid helium cooled to temperatures near absolute zero, are an unusual state of matter that flows without viscosity.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 4, 2026

Soon, this liquid ferments into a tangy beverage with a touch of viscosity, somewhat like Mexico’s pulque.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Researchers filled each reservoir with one gram of ASCENT, a liquid with a viscosity similar to baby oil.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026

A mixture of sand and fine brown adobe clays and gray caliche, it had the texture, viscosity, and crippling powers of a tar pit.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

The motility and energetics of sperm were less influenced by fluid flow in environments with lower viscosities.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023

The team then tested the stability of the lava under a range of speeds, viscosities, and layer thicknesses.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 9, 2023

They exhibit essentially no surface tension and very low viscosities, however, so they can more effectively penetrate very small openings in a solid mixture and remove soluble components.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Break it in two at room temperature and its various layers will stretch and ooze at different delicious viscosities.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2018

By diluting the new "maximum viscosity" solution, therefore, with the 10 per cent. solution of the gum arabic in fixed proportions we obtain a series of viscosities which are shown in the following curve.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various




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